Alec is a laywer, perhaps he thought he could fight this on his own...
HUBRIS after all...
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Alec is a laywer, perhaps he thought he could fight this on his own...
HUBRIS after all...
Gawd, I'd forgotten all about that guy! Totally apropos!
Given the amount of talent he managed to assemble for the movie, I don't entirely discount this. For what good it will do, anyway...
Point to Axanar. Most of which is summarily negated by the amount of time it took.
It takes time to weasel out contacts at one of the top 20 IP firms, man!
I thought he already had one. In one of the early December posts (before the lawsuit) he mentioned an entertainment law firm that handled their "big legal issues."
Only thing I can figure is that he's trying to find a way to legitimize fan works. I can see how that might appeal to some young up-and-comer in the legal profession. That said, I can't imagine it happening; it seems like a fairly hopeless battle to me.
Hello, do you remember me ?
I took a lot of Star Trek fans money to support my Pet Project
I got slapped w/ a lawsuit from CBS / Paramount
I was shut down
I now run a teeny tiny 3rd world country
Peters saying again tonight that they're talking to "top lawyers" and going on about "unsettled law" makes one thing clear: if they've tried to talk to CBS about this, they've gotten nowhere and aren't pretending that they will. They're talking about a court fight.
Excellent point.
Axanar turns into Waterloo if they go to court.
Let's also remember CBS and Paramount are holding the nuclear option: They can file an amended complaint at any time naming the John Does. I don't think anyone aside from Peters is honestly willing to risk a multi-million dollar personal judgment against them over this film.
And the sad thing about that is, I so much wanted to see an adaptation of Gerrold's novel The Galactic Whirlpool from Bad Robot and Paramount (I'm sorry, but a two part episode of Phase II won't cut it with me-this needs a million dollar budget to get it right.
This probably also means no more use of Tribbles, too (per what happened with Harlan Ellison and City On The Edge Of Forever). Sad.
Napoleon had like 70,000 troops at Waterloo. This is more like the guys occupying the federal building in Oregon.
Any time a person invokes the "we have contacted this top person" or "we are working with this top person," I can only think of this:
Bet the French brought their own snacks...
Even if he has managed to wrangle a great solicitor who is advising to fight the case (doubtful) and do the work completely pro bono (even more doubtful), he's making no mention of having to pay the barrister he'll probably have to retain.
Those guys aren't exactly cheap, and famous for their charity. I know the US doesn't formally draw a distinction between the two, but they'd still need more than just the one solicitor.
Those guys aren't exactly cheap, and famous for their charity. I know the US doesn't formally draw a distinction between the two, but they'd still need more than just the one solicitor.
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